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Laurence Tribe
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If our political and legal systems worked, there wouldn’t be a Donald Trump 2024 campaign
November 18, 2022
There’s no more definitive indictment of the U.S. legal and political systems than Donald Trump’s entry into the 2024 presidential race a week after his…
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Mr. Attorney General, the time to indict Trump is now
November 16, 2022
The clock is running out for the Justice Department’s investigations of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators, and Attorney Merrick Garland’s batting average so far has…
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A federal appeals court Monday issued a nationwide injunction temporarily barring the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. The ruling by the 8th Circuit…
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The Biden administration has stopped accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness after a court struck down its plan on Thursday evening. “Courts have issued…
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A Constitutional Republic Demands a Constrained Judiciary: Judicial Overreach in “Vacating” Biden’s Loan Forgiveness Program
November 14, 2022
An article written by Laurence Tribe: A federal district judge—Mark Pittman, a Trump appointee to the Northern District of Texas—has dashed the hopes and upended…
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Mr. Attorney General, It’s Too Late to Appoint A Special Counsel
November 9, 2022
An article co-written by Laurence Tribe: The Justice Department has reportedly been considering the appointment of a Special Counsel to complete investigations of former President…
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Op-Ed: The evidence that Republicans are using technicalities to toss out Democratic ballots
November 8, 2022
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe: It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Republican officials, too often abetted by federal judges appointed by Republican presidents, are…
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a second request to block the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied an…
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Waiting is hard . . .
November 7, 2022
I spoke to the Bay Area Coalition on Saturday as they began a day of phone banking in the final stretch to the election. I…
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Letters from an American
November 7, 2022
For all that they have tried to argue that the midterm election is a referendum on President Joe Biden’s handling of the nation’s high inflation,…
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The tragedy of John Roberts
November 4, 2022
On the final day of oral arguments last term, the chief justice’s voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to the retiring Justice Stephen…
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“They had a damn insider on SCOTUS”: Experts alarmed after Trump lawyer emails inadvertently leak
November 4, 2022
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers believed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was their best bet to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according…
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26 million borrowers have applied for student loan forgiveness. But GOP challenges put plan at risk
November 3, 2022
Close to 26 million Americans have applied for student loan forgiveness, and the Biden administration has already approved 16 million of the requests, the White…
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Kash Patel’s reported deal to testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s probe of Donald Trump’s possession of sensitive government documents has legal commentators predicting…
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No effort is wasted.
November 3, 2022
I make it a point to monitor the print media throughout the day and watch at least two cable-news programs to prepare each edition of…
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Americans can stop political violence — if we choose
November 2, 2022
An op-ed co-written by Laurence Tribe: A perfect storm of political violence is upon us. The horrific Oct. 28 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of…
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When the White House held a celebration in April to mark Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation, President Biden hailed the moment as…
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‘Violence unleashed to break democracy’: Anger after Nancy Pelosi’s husband attacked at San Francisco home
October 31, 2022
A brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul during a break-in at their San Francisco home has sparked widespread outrage and speculation that…
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Protecting federal judges is essential to nation’s security
October 28, 2022
An op-ed by Laurence Tribe: We are living through a rising tide of politically and racially motivated crimes of violence, including assassination attempts on public…
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An op-ed by Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut: There’s a sad lesson for the law and the country in Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’…
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The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to force the top two lawyers from Donald Trump’s White House counsel’s office to testify about their…